China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Auction Archive ” with finezink hardware marked

” with finezink hardware marked “DRGM” on the reverse

123 mm x 300 mm)

Gibbons was designated "Territorials" when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (106245) with the 1st Regiment

This is an extremely well-preserved edition of “British Military Longarms 1715-1815”

the tab is backed with beige colored buckram (a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue)

China, Qing Dynasty. A Merit Decoration, Ii Class Decoration, C.1897 Auction Archive ” with finezink hardware markedSilver Grade Second Class Silver Grade. Of embossed silver, weighing 2. 4 grams, hallmarked, 62 mm x 90 mm, holes at the top and bottom for suspension, two small tears on the left side, very fine quality, better than very fine. Footnote: This Merit Decoration was awarded to Chinese Subjects on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.